BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s president on Saturday pardoned and ordered the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison, but said that homosexuality remains illegal in this conservative southern African nation. Malawi has faced international condemnation for the conviction and harsh...

The earthquake in Haiti has created a humanitarian disaster of immense complexity that brought a massive humanitarian response. However, integrating human rights concerns into the relief operations is essential to protecting the well-being of Haitian victims, especially women, children, and other vulnerable...

Download the full Human Rights Watch World Report 2010 in PDF format here. (Washington, DC) – Governments responsible for serious human rights violations have over the past year intensified attacks against human rights defenders and organizations that document abuse, Human Rights Watch said today...

(New York) – A United Nations General Assembly panel that met this week broke new ground and helped build new momentum for ending human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a coalition of sponsoring nongovernmental organizations said today. The meeting included discussion...

Adrian DeWind, influential activist and founder of Human Rights Watch, a global advocacy group that monitors human rights violations, died on August 7 in New York City, according to The New York Times. He was 95. DeWind graduated from Iowa’s Grinnell College in 1934, and from Harvard Law School...